Know as clear as day and contemplate this deeply, that He who emanates
all into being is He who rules and judges this world. In the heavens above and
on the earth below, there is nothing else. (Deut. 4:39)
The same G‑d who transcends all time and space
is the same G‑d manifest in all the forces and fields of physics.
The same G‑d from whom all existence emerges
is the same G‑d who conceals that truth from every conscious being, providing
space for each one to be that which it is.
The same G‑d from whom all life extends is the
same G‑d who restrains that energy, with kindness, so that finite creatures can
exist, to the tiniest worm hiding in the bowels of the earth.
And when you know all this, and you
contemplate it well…
…that the very substance of each thing is
nothing more than an articulation of divine energy, that even time and space
extend from Him at will, as do the very limitations and sense of existence of
each creation, that darkness is His presence as much as light, hiddenness as is
revelation, matter as is energy, somethingness as is nothingness, for He is
both beyond and within each place, moment and thing…
…then you will know that there really is
nothing else. Nothing else but the one G‑d.
As the Baal Shem Tov would say in simple,
succinct form: Divine energy is all there is, and everything is divine energy.
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